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Title: Good Morning, Merry Sunshine: A Father's Journal of His Child's First Year by Bob Greene ISBN: 0689114346 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 1984 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Required Reading for Fathers-To-Be
Comment: There are plenty of books that tell you what to do when a baby comes, but this is the only that I found that gave me an idea of what I could expect to feel like as a new father. As a husband, as a father, as a person inhabiting the planet, Bob Greene very simply describes how his life and outlook are changing during the first year of his daughter's life. He is surprised by what he can and can't do, remarks how his wife's focus has changed. As a reporter, he is surprised to find how his view of the world is different now that he has a small life in his charge.
Some of it is very funny: the helplessness he feels when his daughter first arrives home and how woefully unprepared they are (versus what they thought the instant before). Other parts of it are coldly chilling: Bob Greene's feelings about the mysterious Tylenol Killer anonymously killing people in the Chicagoland area mirrored my own concerns when I heard about the shootings at Columbine High School. Fatherly concern can only go so far and what happens when it's not enough?
My son is almost three years old now and my memories of the first year of his life are melting together into some generic feelings and a handful of anecdotes. However, I have a journal of my son's first year to look back on. That was the most wonderful thing about this book. Bob Greene is a professional writer, but this book made me feel like I could do something similar for my son and - surprisingly - it wasn't all that hard to jot down a little bit here and there as time permitted.
I like to think Bob Greene looks back at this book the same way I look back at my journal.
Rating: 5
Summary: A terrific book for parents-to-be!
Comment: My wife and I read this book when we were expecting our first child. It was easy to read and very entertaining. It actually inspired me to write my own diary of our son's first year. I highly recommend it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for expectant parents!
Comment: This book is terrific! My husband and I read it before we had our first child. Bob Greene got us super excited about the baby's birth! We tried to read it slowly, so we wouldn't finish much before we had out child. We give this book to all of our friends who are expecting a baby and they agree it's a must-read!
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Title: Father to Son: Life Lessons on Raising a Boy by Jr. Harry H. Harrison ISBN: 0761118691 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor ISBN: 0670031542 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 26 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: My Losing Season by Pat Conroy ISBN: 0385489129 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle ISBN: 0805047905 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother by Allison Pearson ISBN: 0375414053 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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